40.7884° N, 111.9778° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
October 25, 1981
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
Salt Lake International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SWIA
Aircraft
N66871
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming LTIO540J2BD
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,300 total2,360 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
High engine temp on takeoff. Linecrew fueled aircraft with jet fuel then drained and put in avgas without flushing.
As the FAA filed it
HIGH ENGINE TEMP ON TAKEOFF.LINECREW FUELED AIRCRAFT WITH JET FUEL THEN DRAINED AND PUT IN AVGAS WITHOUT FLUSHING.